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Callamanus Worms... Need advice

Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:02 pm
by G S P Freak
Hello, I hate this to be my first post in a long while (comp was broken for while, among other lame excuses for my loooong absence)... but it is what it is. I hope to be more active of late.
Anyways, I digress. As you can tell by the thread title I have recently have acquired some fish infested with callamanus worms.. In my infinite stupidity and lack of a nurse tank, they have now completely infected my 100g red eared slider tank. My pea puffer (10g) tank may also be infected because I used the same python water changer before I noticed the worms.
I first treated all animals in the tank with prazipro, but since they have not responded to treatment I researched and am sure they have callamanus worms.
I have already purchased levamisole hcl for treatment and have a good idea of how to treat the tank, but am not sure what the correct procedure for dosing the food of the animals would be. I am also not sure if the turtle needs direct treatment, is it possible for a red eared slider to get callamanus worms?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Callamanus Worms... Need advice

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:18 am
by Pufferpunk
Do a search here on those. There's some great threads here!

Re: Callamanus Worms... Need advice

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:13 am
by G S P Freak
I did a search a a few times, and either the info I'm looking for isnt on this site (google has failed me too), or I suck at using forum searches.
I could find nothing on treating the actual food of the animals, so I'm guessing tank treatment is sufficient? Doesn't seem right to me, considering they're IPs =/.

Re: Callamanus Worms... Need advice

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2015 9:51 am
by Pufferpunk

Re: Callamanus Worms... Need advice

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:51 pm
by G S P Freak
Thats the first article I read after id-ing the worms, and it makes no mention on dosing the food with levamisole hcl, just the water.
I assume that dosing food is uncecessary then?

Re: Callamanus Worms... Need advice

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:36 am
by Pufferpunk
I'd do both.